Aeropetes
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Aeropetes
| Aeropetes tulbaghia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Melanitini |
| Genus: | Aeropetes Billberg, 1820 |
| Species: | A. tulbaghia |
| Binomial name | |
| Aeropetes tulbaghia (Linnaeus, 1764) |
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The Table Mountain Beauty or Mountain Pride (Aeropetes tulbaghia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[1]
The wingspan is 70–78 mm for males and 75-90 for females. Adults are on wing from November to April (with peaks from December to March). There is one generation per year[2]
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta, Hyparrhenia hirta and Pennisetum clandestinum.
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